Education Digest 2/19

February 18, 2004

WTAMU holding Discover WT day
CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Office of Admissions invites all high school juniors and seniors and their families to attend Discover WT at 10 a.m. March 5 in the Hazel Kelley Wilson Alumni Banquet Facility.
Students will have the opportunity to tour the campus, learn about different programs and majors and receive information about financial aid and admissions procedures. A hamburger lunch will be provided, and students will also be eligible to win gift certificates, prizes and a $500 residence hall scholarship.
The Office of Admissions asks students make reservations by Feb. 27 because of the large numbers expected.
Discover WT is free. For more information or to make a reservation, call 1-800-99-WTAMU.

Cub Scout pack meets school needs
Parkview Elementary School now sponsors an afterschool Cub Scout pack for boys in grades two and three.
This makes Parkview the first to have a Cub Scout pack, said Boy Scout District Executive Scott Killian.
Gene Weber, volunteer adult Scouter, said seven boys have registered for the pack.
“These boys asked to be in the Cub Scouts and they are some of the most well behaved young people I have seen,” Weber said.

ENMU alumnus wins teaching award
PORTALES — An Eastern New Mexico University graduate, now an administrator in the Granbury Independent School District in Texas, was chosen as a 2004 recipient of the Instructional Leadership Awards at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
Nancy Alana, a 1976 elementary education graduate of ENMU and now principal at Nettie Baccus Elementary in Granbury, was named as a winner during a recent Effective Schools Project conference held on the Tarleton campus.
Awarded through Tarleton’s College of Education, the Instructional Leadership awards recognize individuals who are committed to professional growth on campus, respect the importance of positive community relations and promote site-based decision making. An administrator and a teacher are selected as recipients and each receives a cash stipend and a commemorative rocking chair.